Here you go, chapters 21 and 22, and be sure to check out my new Jommy, 1709-2009

.........................................................................

Later that night after everyone else was in bed, Jude went to find the studio. When she got to it she sat at the board and looked through a stack of disks, that were left laying there.

She found one that just read 'THE HARD WAY' in big letters, and just as she was about to put it in the player she heard a noise at the door, When she turned there stood Maggie.

Jude jumped slightly, and chuckled "Oh hey Maggie, you scared me a little."

Maggie chuckled "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you, I just saw the light on and came to see if it was you or Tom-Tom."

Jude nodded "I hope it's ok I'm in here?"

Maggie nodded and stepped into the room farther "Yeah, of course, you don't need to ask. Feel free to make this like home."

Jude smiled "Thanks Maggie."

Maggie sees what Jude is holding, and knows that Tommy would kill her if she let her listen to it "What's that?"

Jude looked at the disk in her hand "Oh, it's just a CD that was already here when I sat down, but I think thats Tommys writing. Do you know what it is?"

Maggie thought about it for a moment, then nodded "Yes I do, but I can't let you listen to it."

Jude frowned slightly "Why not?"

Maggie shrugged "Well, it's not really done yet, and it's not my place to tell you you can."

Jude nodded "Yeah ok, I understand, I'll just put it back then." She stood up then "I think I'm just gonna go on to bed, I just wanted to see what this place looked like, and forgot to ask about it earlier, so now I'm just gonna say goodnight. So goodnight."

Maggie smiled at her again "Night Jude."

Jude started to leave, but Maggie stopped her "Oh Jude?"

She turned back and looked at Maggie "Yeah?"

Maggie smiled "Tom said if you wanted to, he would love to show you around tomorrow."

Jude nodded and smiled "Yeah sure, that sounds like fun, tell him I said that would be great."

Maggie nodded "Alright, night Jude."

Maggie watched her leave, and sighed "I hope this is the right thing to do, I hope this all turns out well, and doesn't just hurt Tom-Tom more in the end."

----

Jude walks back to her room wondering about that disk "What could that song be about?" She wondered to herself "I wonder if Tommy will let me hear it tomorrow."

Still thinking about it, she pulled back to blanket and got into the bed, and falls asleep quickly.

But just down the hall Tommy isn't so lucky in the sleep department.

He's lying in bed and thinking about Jude "Maybe it's a sign that she's here, I mean what are the chances she would come right to the same place as me? Thats got to mean something right?"

He shook his head at himself "Oh give it up Tom, she just came to see your sister, she had no idea you were even here. sometimes I'm so pathetic.

I need to get out of this room, I'll just go to the studio for awhile, maybe work on a song."

So getting out of bed, he walked into the studio and sees Maggie. He sees that she is holding the CD with his new song on it, and wonders why.

Walking into the room, he comes to a stop behind her "Hey Maggie May, what are ya doin'?"

Maggie turned to him and smiled "Hey Tom, nothin', you just missed Jude.

Tommy looked at the disk in her hand "Jude? She didn't listen to that did she? I mean I'm not ready for her to hear it, not yet anyways."

Maggie shook her head "No I stopped her right before she could."

Tommy nodded, and looked back up to her "What did you tell her?"

Maggie shrugged "That it wasn't my place to let her, because it wasn't my song."

Tommy sighed "Great, now she's probably going to bug both of us to death until I let her hear it."

Maggie gave him a sympathetic smile "Sorry, I didn't know what else to tell her, it's better then her hearing it now though isn't it?"

He sighed again "Yeah, thanks."

Maggie handed him the disk "And don't worry, I think I can handle her. Oh, and I told her you would show her around tomorrow."

Tommy looked at her, like she had gone crazy "What? You know the reason I came here in the first place was to get away from her, now you want me to spend the day with her? You're trying to kill me aren't you?"

Maggie snapped of her fingers "Oh darn, you guessed my master plan, now I need a new one. I'm just gonna go to bed and think of one, night."

Tommy sighed "Goodnight."

Tommy didn't stay up much longer, he just couldn't focus on the song, so he went back to bed, and fell asleep thinking about Jude.